‘iPhone Math’ may be one of three new Apple smartphones coming

On a slow news day, with U.S. markets closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, there’s always room for one more Apple rumor.

The latest came out of Asia on Sunday night. If the string of reports are correct, Apple is going to announce three new smartphones this year. The first two are apparantly new iPhone models –a 4-inch iPhone 5S device and a 4.8-inch curiously named iPhone Math.

BrightWire reports, based on these sources, that these two iPhones will be released by June, and feature 8-mega-pixel cameras. A third model, of which that report said few details are known, will have a 12-mega-pixel camera and is coming before Christmas. Read: Why Apple needs a new hit product now

While there has been recent talk of trouble for Apple’s iPhone parts suppliers, the report said those companies will see big growth in the second quarter of this year as they ramp up for shipment of the products, with production due to start in late April. The BrightWire translated report also gave several details about who is doing much of the work – Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. tw:reportedly gets the lion’s share.

The report also said Apple’s iTV is coming before the end of the year and there are seven to eight new products due this year. The gamut of Apple blogs were all leading with this piece of gossip. MacRumors suggested that the name iPhone Math is probably a screwup in translation as the moniker is just too weird.

As MacRumors pointed out, this isn’t the first set of chatter about a bigger iPhone to come, noting Digitimes report back in January of a bigger, more affordable iPhone aimed at China and other emerging markets. Read Apple sends mixed message on ‘cheap’ iPhone.

‘iPhone Math’ may be one of three new Apple smartphones coming

On a slow news day, with U.S. markets closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, there’s always room for one more Apple rumor.

The latest came out of Asia on Sunday night. If the string of reports are correct, Apple is going to announce three new smartphones this year. The first two are apparantly new iPhone models –a 4-inch iPhone 5S device and a 4.8-inch curiously named iPhone Math.

BrightWire reports, based on these sources, that these two iPhones will be released by June, and feature 8-mega-pixel cameras. A third model, of which that report said few details are known, will have a 12-mega-pixel camera and is coming before Christmas. Read: Why Apple needs a new hit product now

While there has been recent talk of trouble for Apple’s iPhone parts suppliers, the report said those companies will see big growth in the second quarter of this year as they ramp up for shipment of the products, with production due to start in late April. The BrightWire translated report also gave several details about who is doing much of the work – Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. tw:reportedly gets the lion’s share.

The report also said Apple’s iTV is coming before the end of the year and there are seven to eight new products due this year. The gamut of Apple blogs were all leading with this piece of gossip. MacRumors suggested that the name iPhone Math is probably a screwup in translation as the moniker is just too weird.

As MacRumors pointed out, this isn’t the first set of chatter about a bigger iPhone to come, noting Digitimes report back in January of a bigger, more affordable iPhone aimed at China and other emerging markets. Read Apple sends mixed message on ‘cheap’ iPhone.